Manager Utilities - Cranes and Transport

Manager Utilities – Cranes and Transport

• Create value with our People and our Partners
• Be part of a diversified team achieving excellence in safety and service delivery
• Lifestyle friendly roster, based in Perth with frequent travel to the Pilbara

About the role

Are you ready to make your mark as a People leader and trusted Partner? This could be your opportunity to lead transformational change by providing strategic direction with engagement and leadership in the field.

We’re looking for a Manager Cranes & Transport to oversee the provision of safe and efficient in house lifting services across our inland sites in the Pilbara region.

Leading the Cranes and Transport team you will be focused on people, safety and asset reliability by managing the utilisation of cranes, transport equipment, schedules, and personnel to ensure excellence in service delivery for maintenance and sustaining capital works.

This role will play an integral part in creating a strong learning culture in safety and connection. Partnering with a broad stakeholder group, success will see you increase positive presence across our teams, assets and communities.

Our General Manager, Utilities will support and empower you to achieve excellence. You can expect to be engaged and kept on your toes - rest assured, there will be plenty of opportunities to be challenged and attain personal, and professional growth!

About you

Whilst a background in mining operations would be well regarded, it’s not essential. We are seeking to appoint a capable people leader who is comfortable leading strategically and in the field. Your team will provide the expertise within their roles, you will showcase your skill set in engaging, developing, and collaborating.

With safety at the forefront of everything you do, a hands-on approach to leading teams has enabled you to build good working relationships and create a positive and supportive working environment. You have excelled in services management whilst influencing broad stakeholder groups across a matrix organisation.

The prospect of contributing to transformation initiatives excites you, and you’re highly motivated to achieve excellence in safety and service delivery.

This role would be well-suited to someone who can plan ahead, think strategically, innovate and apply a working knowledge of industrial relations. You should be comfortable facilitating change, managing relationships and delivering projects according to budget and schedule.

We’ll provide opportunities to challenge and develop yourself, learn from others, share your own ideas and champion a supportive and inclusive approach towards leading your team. To be successfully considered for this role, we are seeking the below attributes:

• You’re driven to succeed and are committed to championing safety in the workplace
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to coach, mentor and develop a large team
• Commercial and operational acumen, enabling you to effectively engage with stakeholders both internal and external to the business
• An understanding of the challenges associated with large scale mining operations and utilities
• Tertiary level qualifications in a transferrable field
• A current Manual C Class driver's license

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers –generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium –the world’s first to be certified “responsible” –helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

We encourage agile and flexible work arrangements. The role is flexible in the FIFO lifestyle. It will be expected that your average week allows you to remain in Perth at our Operations Centre for a portion of the week with visibility required at the Pilbara Mine Sites for the remainder.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome –they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Applications close on the 8^th September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)